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ON HONG KONG, THE PUS EXPLAINED OUR CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES. HE SOUGHT AND WAS PROMISED CONTINUING JAPANESE SUPPORT. OWADA POINTED OUT THAT JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG WAS BUOYANT AND HE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS IN SOUTHERN CHINA.
ANALYSES OF THE SITUATION IN PEKING WERE VERY SIMILAR. BOTH SAW
A CONTINUING NEED TO SHAME THE CHINESE INTO BEHAVING RESPONSIBLY ON PROLIFERATION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND TO KEEP OPEN THE CHANNELS OF DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
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THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY USEFUL VISIT IN KEEPING UP OUR BILATERAL DIALOGUE, GIVEN THE SLIGHT GAP IN SENIOR MINISTERIAL VISITS AT THIS TIME. OWADA SPENT NEARLY 22 DAYS WITH THE PUS AND CLEARLY ATTACHED A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TO ENSURING THAT IT WENT WELL. DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS WILL FOLLOW BY TELELETTER. THEY CONFIRMED THAT AS FAR AS FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION IS CONCERNED, OUR RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE AND ACTIVE.
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DISTRIBUTION
210
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171
.JAPAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
RMD
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SEAD
LIMITED
CSAD
FED
NENAD
PUSD
HKD
INFO D
PS
AMD
HD/CRD
ECD (E)
ECD (I)
ECD (P)
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
PS/PUS
MR APPLEYARD
CHIEF CLERK
MR BAYNE
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